MARTIN LUTHER

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(november 10, 1483-febuary 18, 1546)
Location: germany

There are many facts about Martin Luther, here are only 5 facts about Martin Luther:

1.) Luther was a promising law student until 1505, when he underwent a religious conversion after being struck by lightning, crying at the time, "Help, St. Anne, I will become a monk." He later joined the Order of the Hermits of Saint Augustine.
2.) A bible verse inspired martin luther king
3.) Many of Luther’s complaints about the church revolved around the sale of indulgences. Indulgences promised the purchaser the remission of sins and reduced his or her time in purgatory.
4.) Luther translated the Bible into German, publishing The New Testament by himself in 1522.
5.) On June 13, 1525, Luther married Katharine Von Bora, a former nun. She was one of a group of nuns that he had helped escape from a Cistercian convent by smuggling them out in herring barrels.

this is a short paragragh about Martin luther:

Martin Luther was a greek monk, theoligiva, university professor, and church reformer whos ideas inspired and changed the coarse of western cilvilization. To Luther, salvation was a gift free from god, recieved only by true repentance and faith and jesus as the massiah. He translated the bible in to vernacular, making it more accesible to ordinary people. He thought that jews should be destroyed, and have their synagogs burned. He developed a standered version of the german language.

I think it is important to learn about Martin Luther because he changed the coarse of western civilization, and he used a lot of his skills to do so.